Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, for the week ended November 13, 2026, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions, for the week ended- November 13, 2026, receipts at 16 markets totaled 9,878 head compared to 9,819 last week and 9,139 last …
With the recent announcement of changes to the U.S. Department of Agriculture livestock grazing and permit process for federally managed lands, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins describes examples of procedure updates. “Our proposal amendments will go a long way towards a more streamlined system with clear regulations that make it easier for producers to obtain a grazing permit instead of burying …
Well production of peanuts is going down this year. They have dropped down 31 percent overall across the nation and that is being reflected in the state yields. They’re showing now that Alabama had 139,000 acres of of peanuts and their average yield dropped from October’s estimate of 3,000 pounds per acre down to 2,800 pounds per acre. And now …
Weather forecasters say the El Nino weather pattern that continues to develop can now be the strongest El Nino since record-keeping began in 1950. Snowbirds traveling to this area of the south might find similar weather closer to home. NOAA expected to designate this as a super El Nino. That means cooler and wet weather along the south all the …
In July 1921, a major cooperative effort in Minnesota helped establish what would become one of America’s most recognizable dairy brands. The merger of 320 cooperative creameries laid the foundation for Land O’Lakes, a company whose name and butter products would eventually become familiar to consumers across the country. The story began with a shared goal among Minnesota dairy producers: …
The Alabama Cattlemen’s Association (ACA) wants to hear from you. Kayla Greer with the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association sat down with us to discuss their checkoff survey. “So it’s officially Q4 of 2026, which means that our checkoff team here at the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association has entered into planning mode as we turn our attention to fiscal year 2027,” explained Greer. …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is proposing changes aimed at making it easier for ranchers to access and manage federal grazing allotments across the West. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced a proposed rule that would update grazing permit eligibility, insurance procedures, and grazing fee provisions on national forests and grasslands in 16 Western states. …
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency has released the new acreage estimate along with the new yield estimate for the present 2026 crop. Checking first, peanut forecast now has dropped again down four percent from the previous forecast and now we’re at 2,462,000 tons. That’s down 31 percent from last year. Area harvested is expected to total around 1.36 …
Cybersecurity will continue to be a major headline the next few years. One immediately thinks of military, defense systems, or banking and financial data, but one official at the National Cyber Security Center says a major target is food. Experts were alarmed in the UK recently when a large refrigeration unit was targeted by hackers. They turned up the temperature …
American agriculture underwent an extraordinary transformation during the second half of the 19th century, as the number of farms, the rural population, and the value of farmland increased significantly. Between 1860 and 1910, the United States experienced one of the most dramatic periods of agricultural expansion in its history. In this edition of the American Agriculture History Minute, Mark Oppold …
